After the words of the decisive battle came out, the two were silent for a while, and after a while, Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "Thank you, Qingyun." ”

Xingzhen blinked and said, "Thank me for what?" Xiao Yungui sighed lightly and said, "Thank you for telling me about the Manchu Dynasty, I know you can't do anything alone." ”

Xingzhen's figure stood delicately, covered her mouth and smiled slightly: "Sure enough, you can still understand what I mean." Speaking of this, he sighed lightly and said: "Standing in the position of my old classmates, I can sue you for everything, but your old classmates can't do anything, if I really go back and surrender with the Manchus as you say, I am afraid that the edict will be issued, and I will be regarded as crazy, and the orders I give will become chaotic, and no one will respect it." ”

Xiao Yungui sighed, smiled gloomily and said: "Actually, if you want to do it, you can arrange for your henchmen Han to take over the military power, so that even if you give the order to surrender, you can suppress the military power in your hand." Aren't Peng Yulin, Li Hongzhang, and Yuan Jiasan the Han generals who have handbands and talismans? ”

Xingzhen sighed faintly and said, "Haven't you ever tried me?" Peng Yulin can be regarded as a person who dares to say and act, but the constitutional monarchy and the return of government to the Han Dynasty were proposed by Peng Yulin, and Li Hongzhang and Yuan Jiasan strongly advised the imperial court that if nothing could be done, abandon the capital and retreat to Shaanxi, Gansu or Mongolia, in short, to continue to resist. In fact, these Han people in the north, for their own glory and wealth, always hold the last illusion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or foolish loyalty, or greedy for power, or worried about settling accounts after the Taiping Autumn Festival, in short, it is not to the point where the tree is falling and scattered. Even if I arrange it in advance, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and one is not careful. Maybe someone did it, and Yuan Shikai, who betrayed Emperor Guangxu, said that it was not necessarily. ”

Xiao Yungui nodded silently, he knew Xingzhen's difficulties at this time. As the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this identity naturally separated her from her Han people. No matter how hard she tries, it is impossible for her to gain the trust of the Han people under her command, and even if Peng Yulin, Li Hongzhang and others have any disobedience in their hearts, they dare not communicate with her. And Xingzhen also has such concerns, she doesn't know the true thoughts of her subordinate Hanchen, how dare she tell all the plans in her heart? Although she is now the powerful Empress Dowager Cixi, the basis of this qiē is all because of her identity, Xianfeng's wife, the biological mother of the current emperor, and the orthodox Manchurian background. Suppose one day. If she does anything that harms the interests of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and satisfies the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, except for a few people around her such as Li Lianying, she is afraid that even Prince Gong and Prince Alcohol will rise up against her.

She was dancing on a few eggs, and tonight she was able to put together the negotiation terms that the Manchus might agree, which was already her limit. Although her heart was on Xiao Yungui's side, she was completely powerless. Maybe she can give up her identity regardless of Qiē, but when she gives up her identity, she will have nothing, even lose her only son.

"You give up the capital. Retreat to Guanwai and Mongolia, we will not use swords in three years! Xiao Yungui was silent for a long time and then said: "Things have come to this point, and we must always be responsible for historical responsibility." ”

Xingzhen smiled and said, "Agui, I think you're a little stunned." We all have historical responsibility, which is good, but for the sake of the four words of historical responsibility, you can't tie your hands and feet. Not bad. It is good that the complete city of Beijing is returned to the Han Chinese, but have you thought about it? Later, the Xinhai Revolution was successful. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was overthrown, and the Qing Emperor abdicated. Whether it was the peaceful surrender of Beijing City, the surrender of Japan to Beijing City, or the surrender of Fu Zuoyi Uprising to Beijing City, which time did not the attackers occupy an absolute advantage? The Xinhai Revolution, the eighteen provinces joined forces to oppose the Qing, Yuan Shikai forced the Qing Emperor to abdicate, he had already mastered the capital, so Beijing was returned peacefully. Not to mention Japan's surrender, even Fu Zuoyi was forced to revolt because he was besieged by a million-strong army. But now? The Taiping army of more than 40,000 people besieged the city, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty still had more than 100,000 troops besieging the city, and your strength is far from reaching the point of surrender. ”

Speaking of this, Xingzhen paused, and then said: "The general trend of the world is like water, and the water will come naturally, it's not that I don't want to help you, but it's true that the Taiping Army has the upper hand in front of me, and I can't do it." One day, when millions of Taiping soldiers are approaching the city, the general trend has been achieved, and no one will say no word to you. ”

Xingzhenyu's hand couldn't help but gently caress Xiao Yungui's scarred face, and said softly: "And now, if you want to get the coveted Beijing City, you can only choose to attack it." But I also know that even if the Taiping army can storm the city of Beijing now, it will be a crushing victory, and then it will not be able to face the counterattack of the British and French forces, right? ”

Xiao Yungui snorted, and then asked, "I wanted to ask you just now, how do you know that the maximum capacity of my Taiping Navy can only transport more than 40,000 troops north?" ”

Xingzhen smiled slightly and said: "I naturally have eyeliner in those rebels in the Manchu Dynasty, Rong Lu can conspire against my people, and I can also conspire against his people, do you think I will do nothing?" Foreigners know the strength of your navy very well, and I can naturally know it clearly through my eyeliner over there. ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "That's good, I thought there was something wrong with me internally." ”

Xingzhen smiled and said: "I also sent people to break into your interior, but unfortunately your interior is very tight, and it is difficult to penetrate, so I have lost a lot of manpower." ”

Xiao Yungui no longer dwelled on this topic, his big hand went up the jade hand that Xingzhen caressed on his face, and finally grabbed her jade hand, and the other hand wrapped around her slender waist and took her into his arms. Hearing the sound of the beautiful woman in his arms, followed by the sound of rapid breathing, Xiao Yungui no longer hesitated, lowered his head and kissed it fiercely.

After a long time, the two separated, Xingzhen's face was flushed, and she looked at Xiao Yungui uncertainly, Xiao Yungui smiled and said softly: "Talk to you, I understand where the problem is, you can go back to the palace with peace of mind, wait for me to bring a million army to pick you up, at that time, I will arrange your identity for you, you don't have to work so hard to do anything Empress Dowager Cixi!" With that, Xiao Yungui laughed and turned away.

Xingzhen Jiaojiao gasped for a moment, and after trying to calm down, she slowly walked out of the front yard, looking at the back of Xiao Yungui leaving, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Xingzhen's mouth......

"Imperial sister-in-law, imperial sister-in-law," in Yiyi's call. Xingzhen broke free from the recollection just now, raised her teacup and took a sip to hide her panic. It's a pity that the tea is already cold.

"The seventh master has something to say, just listen to this palace." Xingzhen put down the teacup and said slowly, "Where did you just go?" ”

Yi Yi didn't have Yi? So shrewd. In current words, he is still a little tender, and there is no doubt that he has his Yiyi said: "Imperial sister-in-law, just now the younger brother repeatedly calculated, but I just felt that now is not the best time to negotiate with Changmao." Nowadays, although Changmao is powerful in Jiangnan, we and Changmao have been guarding Huaishang for a long time, and we are not all powerless to fight back. At this moment, although the long-haired soldiers surrounded the capital, they wanted to go deep alone, and there was no backup from outside. It is not sustainable, and as long as we can hold on for a while, the situation will definitely change. When the veterans of the Long-haired Division are tired and want to retreat, we will take advantage of the great victory, and then negotiate with the Long-haired Division to achieve greater results, and it is not impossible to talk about dividing the river and ruling at that time. Once we can divide the river and rule it, temporarily stop fighting, and after a few years of rest, we will unite with foreigners to go south. The day of the long-haired demise has come. ”

Xingzhen smiled slightly, Yiyi seems to be growing up, and being able to think so much calmly is indeed no longer the shy big boy he was back then. At that moment, Xingzhen smiled gently and said, "What the seventh master said is very right. Now is not the time to negotiate with Longhair, and Longhair will not agree to our terms if he does not suffer defeat. However, at present, the morale of our army is low and the equipment is insufficient. The Seventh Master should first think about how to get out of the predicament, and he should think about how to hold the capital as the best policy. ”

Yi Yi nodded heavily and said, "The imperial sister-in-law mentioned it." If we can't keep the capital, every qiē is just a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water. After the younger brother returns, he will discuss this matter with the sixth brother. ”

Xingzhen snorted. Then said: "You don't have to let your sixth brother know about tonight's matter, he is very verbose, if he knows that I am going out of the palace to make trouble, I will definitely make a noise again." ”

When Yi Yi heard this, he thought to himself, if he sued the sixth brother, he would accompany the queen mother to mess around, and he would definitely be punished, so naturally he would not say it, so he immediately lowered his hand and retreated.

After Yixuan left, Xingzhen looked at the candle on the table and said to herself: "Your Taiping army of 40,000 people is besieging the city, but there is no backup for food, ammunition and materials, how can you last?" Even Yiyi can see your disadvantages, don't you know it? What else do you have to do? ”

Indeed, since the reign of the Western King, the Taiping Army has become a modern pure firearms unit, although the combat effectiveness is very strong, but there is still a shortcoming that is unavoidable for all firearms troops, that is, relying too much on logistics. Food and other materials are fine, and local procurement may be able to solve some problems, but it is impossible to raise ammunition for muskets and artillery on the spot.

The reason why the land of Jianghuai can be defended by the Manchu Qing Dynasty for a long time is because there is a sword of Damocles selected on the head of the Taiping army, that is, the Yellow River in the Kaifeng section of Henan is still in the hands of the Qing army, Xiao Yungui has always been worried that the Qing army is too oppressive in the land of Jianghuai, once the Qing army is ruthless and digs the Yellow River embankment, it will bring a lot of losses to the Taiping army, and at the same time, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places will form a huge Yellow Flood area. Historically, the impact of the diversion of the Yellow River during the Xianfeng period lasted until the Republic of China, which was a huge disaster for the people of several provinces.

At the same time, once the Yellow Flood Area is formed, it will also bring difficulties to the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition, because the Northern Expeditionary Army needs to stabilize the logistics supply line, so that the army cannot transport supplies through the Yellow Flood Area, and finally has to be forced to divert the Northern Expedition from Jingxiang, which will cause a great waste of costs.

Now the Taiping army in the capital is also facing such a problem, how to solve the logistics supply? If the capital cannot be taken quickly, the Taiping army's guns and bullets will be less than one shot, and once the Manchus grit their teeth and hold on, the situation will become more and more unfavorable to the Taiping army in the future.

Could it be that Xiao Yungui can't see this? But it can be seen from the fact that the Taiping army did not rush to attack the city, they wanted to plan and then move, and did not plan to attack the city in a hurry, which shows that Xiao Yungui knows his shortcomings, but why can he still smile so calmly and calmly when he leaves?

Thinking of this, Xingzhen also fell into deep thought, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration, and Hua Rong exclaimed with a little discoloration: "Could it be that he decided to join forces with foreigners if he can't get along with me?!" (To be continued......)